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Lucy Powell hits out at anonymous briefing in Labour deputy leadership race

Her opponent Bridget Phillipson said she had also been subjected to ‘vicious’ briefing.

Evening Standard

Budget must be ‘line in the sand’ after first year’s mistakes, says Powell

Labour deputy leadership hopeful Lucy Powell said it should give ‘a clear articulation of the core purpose of the Labour Government’.

Evening Standard

Tories seek to keep up pressure over collapse of Chinese spying case

The director of public prosecutions has been asked if the case could be resumed if the Government declares Beijing is a threat to national security.

Evening Standard

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Lucy Powell calls on Labour not to ‘write off’ May local elections

Deputy leadership favourite says budget can revive party’s appeal, while Bridget Phillipson pitches to channel grassroots views to cabinet

The Guardian - UK

‘We'll do the right thing’: Cabinet minister signals two-child benefit cap will be scrapped

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she’ll be ‘arguing’ the case for the change

Evening Standard

Phillipson signals Government will ‘do the right thing’ and lift benefit cap

The Education Secretary said she will be ‘arguing’ the case for the change in Cabinet.

The Independent UK

Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates

As party members prepare to choose between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, the pair give their views on wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right

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Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full

Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in November’s budget most cost-effective way to tackle child poverty

The Guardian - UK

Labour deputy leadership candidate say government is in ‘fight of our lives’

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Phillipson accuses Powell of ‘energising our opponents’ as voting begins

Ballots opened on Wednesday for members and affiliates in the Labour deputy leadership race.

The Independent UK

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, deputy leadership candidate says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’

The Independent UK

Labour ‘can’t sugarcoat fact things aren’t going well’, Lucy Powell says

The deputy leadership contender said the party needs to start telling ‘a stronger story’.

Evening Standard

Lucy Powell tells Labour it can’t sugarcoat how badly things are going

Frontrunner for deputy leadership addresses rally as opponent Bridget Phillipson pledges ‘second Labour term our children deserve’

The Guardian - UK

Neil Kinnock backs Lucy Powell in Labour deputy leadership race

The result of the contest to replace Angela Rayner will be announced on October 25.

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Lucy Powell dismisses ‘ridiculous’ claims she would bring division to Labour

Labour needs to ‘tell a much stronger story’ about the purpose of this Government, the deputy leadership hopeful said.

Evening Standard

Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap

Campaigners say it pulls more than 100 children across the UK into poverty every day.

The Guardian - UK

Labour members feel disconnected from government, says Lucy Powell

Deputy leadership candidate tells hustings party is not heeding feedback from doorstep, with impact on activists

The Independent UK

Stop trying to ‘out-Reform, Reform’, deputy Labour leadership candidate warns Starmer

In a damning indictment of the government, Lucy Powell said her 21-year-old son had ‘struggled’ with her being part of the Labour government because ‘we’ve not got some of the politics right’

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Powell and Phillipson vie for votes as Labour conference draws to a close

The pair displayed little disagreement during a hustings at the end of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Labour is pleasing no one by trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’, Powell says

The former Commons leader challenged Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to use its position in power to ‘set the terms of the debate’.

Evening Standard

Starmer faces calls to scrap two-child benefit cap as MPs head to Liverpool

The Prime Minister will be joined in Liverpool by delegates and activists for Labour’s annual conference.

The National (Scotland)

Elections watchdog rules out fresh probe into Morgan McSweeney think tank

THE elections watchdog will not reopen an investigation into secret donations to a group which helped propel Keir Starmer to power – despite…

The Guardian - UK

Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling Reform

The Independent UK

Lucy Powell: Labour must grab ‘political microphone’ back from Nigel Farage

The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.

The Independent UK

‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

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